Bleak Week: Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films – Ashes and Diamonds
- Sun, Jun 7
Director: Andrzej Wajda Run Time: 103 min. Release Year: 1958 Language: Polish
Starring: Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżynski, Zbigniew Cybulski
*Screening as part of Bleak Week, co-presented by the American Cinematheque.
Synopsis: A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the “Monopol” hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
Showtimes:
Sunday, June 7, 2026: 7:00 PM
Ticket Prices: $13 Regular / $11 Students & Seniors / $9 Members
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk_8KWXWZXI